THE NIGHT VISITOR
528 Words
Two hours later.
Rain fell lightly over the city streets.
The university campus had long since emptied.
Most students were asleep or partying somewhere across Seoul.
But one person was still awake.
Vespera walked calmly through the quiet street toward her apartment building.
Her posture was different now.
No hunched shoulders.
No nervous steps.
Her movements were confident.
Graceful.
Powerful.
The nerd act had disappeared the moment she left the campus.
High above the street, someone watched.
Jungkook stood on the rooftop of a nearby building.
His sharp eyes followed her every movement.
Taehyun’s voice came through the phone in his ear.
Taehyun said—
“You're stalking a college girl.”
Jungkook replied calmly—
“I’m observing.”
Taehyun sighed.
Taehyun said—
“This is the strangest investigation you've ever done.”
Jungkook smiled slightly.
Jungkook said—
“Exactly.”
Vespera entered her apartment building.
The lights in her window turned on minutes later.
Jungkook watched the window carefully.
Something about this girl refused to leave his mind.
And Jungkook never ignored instincts.
An hour later, the window opened silently.
A shadow slipped inside.
Jungkook moved through the apartment quietly.
The room was simple.
A small couch.
A table.
Books.
Everything looked ordinary.
Too ordinary.
Then he heard movement behind him.
And a voice spoke calmly.
Vespera said—
“You took longer than I expected.”
Jungkook froze.
Slowly he turned around.
And what he saw made his eyebrows lift slightly.
The shy nerd from the university was gone.
In her place stood a completely different woman.
Vespera wore black training pants and a fitted sports top.
Her long hair was tied high behind her head.
Her body was lean, strong, perfectly trained.
And tattoos covered almost every inch of her skin.
Dark ink curled along her arms.
Roses.
Daggers.
Symbols of loyalty and death.
And across her back…
A massive black panther.
Jungkook looked at the tattoos slowly.
Then he chuckled.
Jungkook said quietly—
“So the shy nerd act was fake.”
Before he could move—
A knife flew through the air.
THUNK
It buried itself into the wall beside his head.
So close that he felt the wind of it.
Jungkook turned his head slowly to look at the blade.
Then back at her.
Vespera stood across the room holding another knife.
Her expression was calm.
But her eyes were cold.
Predatory.
Vespera said quietly—
“Breaking into a woman's apartment in the middle of the night.”
Her lips curved slightly.
Vespera said—
“That’s a bold move, Mr. Jeon.”
Jungkook’s smile widened.
Jungkook said calmly—
“You knew I would come.”
Vespera twirled the knife between her fingers.
Vespera said softly—
“Of course.”
Her eyes locked onto his.
Vespera said—
“Because I know everything about you.”
For the first time that night…
Jungkook looked genuinely interested.
Because the girl everyone laughed at during the day…
Was standing before him like a queen.
And Jungkook suddenly realized something important.
The quiet nerd at the university…
Was hiding a predator.
A predator just as dangerous as him.
- Writer
